SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 659.001 - Equal Work, Equal Pay
A woman who performs public service for this state is entitled to be paid the same compensation for her service as is paid to a...
- Texas Section 659.002 - Deductions
(a) A state agency may not make a deduction from the compensation paid to an officer or employee whose compensation is paid in full or...
- Texas Section 659.003 - Officer May Decline Remuneration
(a) In this section: (1) "Officer" means an elected officer or appointed officer, as those terms are defined by Chapter 572. The term includes a...
- Texas Section 659.004 - Payroll And Personnel Reporting
(a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 658.001. (b) The comptroller, in consultation with the state auditor, shall adopt rules...
- Texas Section 659.005 - Witness Fees; Jury Service
(a) A deduction may not be made from the salary or wages of a state employee because the employee is called for jury service, including...
SUBCHAPTER B SALARY AMOUNTS; OVERTIME AND COMPENSATORY TIME
- Texas Section 659.006 - Adjustment For Inaccurate Payment
The comptroller by rule shall prescribe procedures for state agencies to follow in making adjustments to payrolls for the pay period immediately following the period...
- Texas Section 659.011 - Salaries Set In Appropriations Act
The salaries of all state officers and employees are in the amounts provided by the biennial appropriations act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 659.012 - Judicial Salaries
(a) Notwithstanding Section 659.011: (1) a judge of a district court is entitled to an annual salary from the state of at least $125,000, except...
- Texas Section 659.0125 - Salary For District Judge Or Retired Judge Presiding Over Multidistrict Litigation
(a) Notwithstanding Section 659.012 or any other law, a district judge who presides over multidistrict litigation involving claims for asbestos-related or silica-related injuries is entitled...
- Texas Section 659.013 - Statutory Salaries Suspended
(a) Except as provided by this section, a law setting the salary of a state officer or employee is suspended to the extent that the...
- Texas Section 659.014 - Suspended Laws Continued In Effect
Those laws suspended by the operation of Section 659.013 are continued in effect, although suspended, as those laws existed September 1, 1993, including: (1) Article...
- Texas Section 659.015 - Overtime Compensation For Employees Subject To Fair Labor Standards Act
(a) This section applies only to a state employee who is subject to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938...
- Texas Section 659.0155 - Payment To Employees Of Texas Department Of Criminal Justice For Overtime
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall compensate a person employed by the department for any overtime accrued by the employee for which the employee...
- Texas Section 659.016 - Overtime Compensation For Employees Not Subject To Fair Labor Standards Act; Reductions In Pay
(a) This section applies only to a state employee who is not subject to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of...
- Texas Section 659.017 - Overtime Compensation For Legislative Employees
Consistent with the requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), overtime pay and compensatory time off...
- Texas Section 659.018 - Compensatory Time: Place Where Work Performed
(a) Except under circumstances specified in the General Appropriations Act or as provided by Subsection (b), an employee of a state agency as defined by...
- Texas Section 659.019 - Part-time And Hourly Employment
(a) In computing the salary of a part-time or hourly employee, the rate of pay must be proportional to the rate authorized by the General...
- Texas Section 659.020 - Salary Supplementation
A state employee employed by a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 whose position is classified under Chapter 654 or whose exempt position is...
- Texas Section 659.0201 - Gifts, Grants, And Donations For Salary Supplement; Reporting
(a) In this section, "state agency" means a board, commission, department, institute, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government that is...
- Texas Section 659.021 - Administrative Head Of Agency
The administrative head of a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 whose salary as administrative head is established by the General Appropriations Act may...
- Texas Section 659.022 - Use Of Compensatory Time Before Lapsing
(a) If an employee of a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 who wishes to use accrued compensatory time that is subject to lapsing...
- Texas Section 659.023 - Compensatory Time Policy
(a) A state agency shall notify its employees annually of the state's policy on compensatory time. (b) A state agency shall accommodate to the extent...
- Texas Section 659.024 - Compensatory Time For Persons Governing State Agencies
(a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 658.001. (b) This section does not apply to an employee who acts as...
- Texas Section 659.025 - Use Of Compensatory Time By Certain Emergency Services Personnel; Optional Overtime Payment
(a) In this section, "emergency services personnel" includes firefighters, police officers and other peace officers, emergency medical technicians, emergency management personnel, and other individuals who...
SUBCHAPTER C PER DIEM
- Texas Section 659.026 - Information Regarding Staff Compensation
(a) In this section: (1) "Compensation" includes an emolument provided in lieu of base salary or wages or a supplement to base salary or wages....
- Texas Section 659.031 - Definition
In this subchapter, "state board" means a board, commission, committee, council, or similar agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government that is...
- Texas Section 659.032 - Per Diem Entitlement
(a) A member of a state board is entitled to a per diem in an amount set by the General Appropriations Act for the member's...
SUBCHAPTER D LONGEVITY PAY
- Texas Section 659.033 - Statutory Per Diem Suspended
(a) A law setting the amount of per diem for members of a state board is suspended to the extent of conflict with this subchapter....
- Texas Section 659.041 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Appointment" means a job title. (2) "Full-time state employee" means: (A) a state employee who works in the executive or judicial...
- Texas Section 659.0411 - Appointments At State Institutions Of Higher Education
(a) A state institution of higher education shall determine whether a state employee who has more than one appointment with the institution holds only one...
- Texas Section 659.042 - Exclusions
The following are not entitled to longevity pay under this subchapter: (1) a member of the legislature; (2) an individual who holds a statewide office...
- Texas Section 659.043 - Entitlement
(a) A state employee is entitled to longevity pay to be included in the employee's monthly compensation if the employee: (1) is a full-time state...
- Texas Section 659.044 - Amount
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f) and Section 659.0445, the monthly amount of longevity pay is $20 for every two years of...
- Texas Section 659.0445 - Longevity Pay For State Judges And Justices
(a) A judge or justice who receives a salary paid by the state, is a member of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One...
- Texas Section 659.045 - Change In Status
If a state employee ceases being a full-time state employee after the first workday of a month but otherwise qualifies for longevity pay, the employee's...
- Texas Section 659.046 - Accrual Of Lifetime Service Credit
(a) An employee accrues lifetime service credit for the period in which the employee: (1) serves as a full-time, part-time, or temporary state employee or...
SUBCHAPTER E ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES
- Texas Section 659.047 - Comptroller Rules
The comptroller shall adopt rules to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
SUBCHAPTER F METHOD AND FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT
- Texas Section 659.061 - Expenses Of Employees Injured Or Killed While On Duty
In addition to other benefits of employment provided by law, a state agency may, to the extent authorized by an appropriation for the purpose, spend...
- Texas Section 659.081 - Payment Once A Month
Except as provided by this subchapter or the General Appropriations Act, annual salaries for state officers and employees shall be paid once a month. Added...
- Texas Section 659.082 - Payment Twice A Month
(a) An employee is entitled to be paid employment compensation twice a month if: (1) the employee is employed by: (A) the Texas Department of...
- Texas Section 659.083 - Payday
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the comptroller may not pay the salary of a state officer or employee before the first working day...
- Texas Section 659.084 - Electronic Funds Transfer
Salaries for state officers and employees paid once a month shall be paid through electronic funds transfer under Section 403.016 unless paid on warrant as...
SUBCHAPTER G SUPPLEMENTAL DEDUCTIONS
- Texas Section 659.085 - Determining Amount Of Monthly Or Hourly Pay; Proportionate Requirement For Part-time Pay
(a) The amount of monthly salary for an annual employee who maintains a 40-hour workweek and is covered under Chapter 658 is computed in accordance...
- Texas Section 659.101 - Definition
In this subchapter, "state agency" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency of any branch of state government, including an institution of higher...
- Texas Section 659.102 - Deduction For Supplemental Optional Benefits Program
(a) An employee of a state agency may authorize in writing a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment for coverage...
- Texas Section 659.103 - Deduction To Credit Union
(a) An employee of a state agency may authorize in writing a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment for payment...
- Texas Section 659.1031 - Deduction Of Membership Fees For Eligible State Employee Organizations
(a) An employee of a state agency may authorize in writing a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment for payment...
- Texas Section 659.104 - Authorization
(a) An authorization for a deduction under this subchapter must direct the comptroller or, if applicable, the appropriate financial officer of an institution of higher...
- Texas Section 659.105 - Form And Manner
A deduction under this subchapter must be made in a form and manner prescribed by the comptroller or the appropriate financial officer of an institution...
- Texas Section 659.106 - Duration
(a) An employee authorizing a deduction under this subchapter or a person designated by the employee may change or revoke the authorization by delivering written...
- Texas Section 659.107 - Authorization Voluntary
The making of an authorization for a deduction under this subchapter by the employee is voluntary. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec....
- Texas Section 659.108 - Withholding Of Administrative Fee
(a) The state may withhold from the employee's salary or wage payment an administrative fee for making a deduction under this subchapter. (b) An institution...
- Texas Section 659.109 - Allocation Of Administrative Fees
The state shall allocate and pay to each state agency that incurs costs in administering this subchapter the agency's proportional amount of the administrative fees...
SUBCHAPTER H BENEFIT REPLACEMENT PAY
- Texas Section 659.110 - Rules
The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer the credit union and the eligible state employee organization membership fee deduction programs authorized by...
- Texas Section 659.121 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Compensation" means, except as provided by Section 659.124, salary or wages subject to tax under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. (2)...
- Texas Section 659.122 - Inclusion Of Benefit Replacement Pay
The salary or wages paid after December 31, 1995, to an eligible state employee or an eligible state-paid judge includes benefit replacement pay in the...
- Texas Section 659.123 - Amount Of Benefit Replacement Pay
(a) Except as provided by Section 659.124, the benefit replacement pay of an eligible state employee or an eligible state-paid judge for a pay period...
- Texas Section 659.124 - Amount Of Benefit Replacement Pay For Higher Education Employees
(a) For a state employee employed by an institution of higher education, the benefit replacement pay is an increase in compensation equal to the sum...
- Texas Section 659.125 - Paying Benefit Replacement Pay In Equal Installments
(a) Unless prohibited by a state agency under Subsection (b), an eligible state employee or an eligible state-paid judge may choose for the benefit replacement...
- Texas Section 659.126 - Loss Of Eligibility To Receive Benefit Replacement Pay
(a) An eligible state employee who leaves state employment after August 31, 1995, for at least 30 consecutive days, on returning to state employment or...
SUBCHAPTER I CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
- Texas Section 659.127 - Administration
The comptroller may adopt rules and establish procedures and reporting requirements to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 417, Sec. 3,...
- Texas Section 659.131 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1315, Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2013. (2) "Charitable organization" means an organization...
- Texas Section 659.1311 - Public Junior Colleges
(a) For purposes of this subchapter, a public junior college is considered to be an institution of higher education and employees of the public junior...
- Texas Section 659.132 - Deduction Authorized
(a) A state employee may authorize a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment for a charitable contribution as provided by...
- Texas Section 659.133 - Voluntary Participation
(a) Participation by a state employee in a state employee charitable campaign is voluntary. The state campaign manager, any local employee committee or local campaign...
- Texas Section 659.134 - Designation Of An Eligible Charitable Organization
(a) A state employee or retired state employee receiving benefits under Chapter 814 who chooses to make a deduction must designate in the authorization an...
- Texas Section 659.135 - Confidentiality
(a) Except as necessary to administer this subchapter or on written authorization of the employee, the following information is confidential: (1) whether a state employee...
- Texas Section 659.136 - Revocation Or Change Of Authorization
(a) A state employee may revoke or change an authorization by giving notice to the employing state agency. A state employee may not change the...
- Texas Section 659.137 - Duration Of Deduction
(a) A deduction under this subchapter begins on the date designated by the comptroller by rule. (b) A deduction under this subchapter is effective for...
- Texas Section 659.138 - Time Of Campaign
A state employee charitable campaign shall be conducted each autumn. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.17(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
- Texas Section 659.139 - Fair And Equitable Management Of Campaign
A state employee charitable campaign must be managed fairly and equitably in accordance with this subchapter and the policies and procedures established by the state...
- Texas Section 659.140 - State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee
(a) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee shall consist of nine members. (b) The governor with the advice and consent of the senate shall...
- Texas Section 659.1401 - Grounds For Removal From State Policy Committee
(a) It is a ground for removal from the state policy committee that a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office...
- Texas Section 659.1402 - Training For State Policy Committee Members
(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the state policy committee may not vote, deliberate, or be...
- Texas Section 659.141 - State Campaign Manager
The state campaign manager shall: (1) assist the state policy committee to: (A) develop a campaign plan; (B) develop a campaign budget; and (C) prepare...
- Texas Section 659.142 - State Employee Charitable Campaign Advisory Committee
(a) The state employee charitable campaign advisory committee consists of eight members appointed by the governor. (b) Four members must represent statewide or local federations...
- Texas Section 659.145 - Terms Of Committee Members; Compensation
(a) A member of the state advisory committee serves a two-year term. (a-1) Members of the state policy committee serve staggered terms of two years,...
- Texas Section 659.146 - Eligibility Of Charitable Organizations In General; Eligibility Of Federations And Funds For Statewide Participation
(a) To be eligible to participate in a state employee charitable campaign, a charitable organization must: (1) be governed by a voluntary board of citizens...
- Texas Section 659.147 - Eligibility Of Charitable Organizations For Local Participation
(a) A charitable organization that seeks to participate in the state employee charitable campaign only in a local campaign area must apply to the state...
- Texas Section 659.148 - Fees
(a) The state campaign manager or any local campaign manager appointed by the state policy committee may not charge a fee to the comptroller, a...
- Texas Section 659.149 - Fund-raising Practices
The fund-raising practices of a participating charitable organization must: (1) be truthful and consumer-oriented; (2) clearly identify and distinguish community-based organizations from statewide and international...
- Texas Section 659.150 - Limitation On The Use Of Contributions
(a) A participating charitable organization may use contributions under this subchapter only to provide health and human services or to fund a charitable organization that...
- Texas Section 659.151 - Misapplication Of Contributions; Audit
(a) The state policy committee may request the comptroller or state auditor to audit a participating charitable organization, the state campaign manager, or a local...
SUBCHAPTER J PAYROLL REDUCTION OR DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
- Texas Section 659.153 - Legal Representation
The attorney general shall represent the state policy committee and any local employee committee appointed by the state policy committee in all legal matters. Added...
- Texas Section 659.201 - Definition
In this subchapter, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 808, Sec....
- Texas Section 659.202 - Payroll Reduction Or Deduction Authorized; Use Of Funds
(a) An employee of an institution of higher education may authorize in writing a reduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment...
- Texas Section 659.203 - Form And Manner
A deduction under this subchapter must be made in a form and manner prescribed by the appropriate financial officer of the institution of higher education....
- Texas Section 659.204 - Change; Duration
(a) An employee authorizing a deduction under this subchapter may change or revoke the authorization by delivering written notice of the change or revocation to...
SUBCHAPTER K PROMOTIONS, RECLASSIFICATIONS, AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO SALARY
- Texas Section 659.205 - Status Of Deduction Or Salary Reduction
(a) If so designated by the employing institution of higher education, a salary deduction made by an employee under this subchapter shall be considered compensation...
- Texas Section 659.251 - Applicability
(a) This subchapter applies only to a state employee employed in the executive or judicial branch of state government. (b) The policies for promotions, demotions,...
- Texas Section 659.252 - Definition
In this subchapter, "state agency" means the state department, institution, entity, or other agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government that employs...
- Texas Section 659.253 - Transfer Within Agency From Exempt To Classified Position
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a state employee who transfers within a state agency from an exempt position to a classified position is...
- Texas Section 659.2531 - Transfer Within Agency Between Classified Positions Allocated To Same Salary Group
(a) In this section: (1) "Classified position" means a position classified under the state's position classification plan. (2) "Transfer" means the transfer of a state...
- Texas Section 659.254 - Classified Position Reallocated Or Reclassified To Different Salary Group
(a) This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan. (b) In this section: (1) "higher salary group" means a salary...
- Texas Section 659.255 - Merit Salary Increases; One-time Merit Payments
(a) In this section: (1) "Classified employee" means a state employee who holds a classified position. (2) "Classified position" means a position classified under the...
- Texas Section 659.2551 - Performance Linked To Agency Goals
Each state agency shall adopt policies to ensure that an employee's performance expectations are linked to the goals in the agency's strategic plan adopted under...
- Texas Section 659.256 - Promotions
(a) This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan. (b) A promotion is an employee's change in duty assignment within...
- Texas Section 659.257 - Demotions
(a) This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan. (b) A demotion is an employee's change in duty assignment within...
- Texas Section 659.258 - Salary Reduction For Disciplinary Reasons
(a) This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan. (b) The administrative head of a state agency may reduce an...
- Texas Section 659.259 - Salary Limited To Maximum Group Rate
(a) This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan. (b) A salary adjustment authorized by this subchapter may not result...
- Texas Section 659.260 - Temporary Assignment
(a) To facilitate a state agency's work during an emergency or other special circumstance, an employee may be temporarily assigned to other duties for a...
- Texas Section 659.261 - Salary Cap
(a) The maximum amount a state agency spends for merit salary increases in and promotions to classified positions during a fiscal year may not exceed,...
- Texas Section 659.262 - Additional Compensation For Certain Classified State Employees
(a) In this section, "state agency" means an agency of any branch of state government that employs individuals who are classified under Chapter 654. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER L HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY
- Texas Section 659.263 - Administration
The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1,...
- Texas Section 659.301 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Full-time state employee" means a state employee who normally works at least 40 hours each week. (2) "Hazardous duty position" means...
- Texas Section 659.302 - Entitlement To Receive Hazardous Duty Pay
(a) Hazardous duty pay is included in the compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a month if the individual: (1) is a...
- Texas Section 659.303 - Texas Juvenile Justice Department Employees
(a) The department may include hazardous duty pay in the compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a month if the individual: (1)...
- Texas Section 659.304 - Ineligibility To Receive Hazardous Duty Pay
Hazardous duty pay may be paid only to an individual who is: (1) entitled to receive the pay under Section 659.302; or (2) eligible to...
- Texas Section 659.305 - Amount Of Hazardous Duty Pay
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (h), the amount of a full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay for a particular month is $10...
- Texas Section 659.306 - Responsibility For Paying Hazardous Duty Pay
The state agency that employs an individual at the beginning of the first workday of a month must pay any hazardous duty pay that is...
- Texas Section 659.307 - Service Credit
(a) The amount of an individual's lifetime service credit equals the number of months the individual has served in a hazardous duty position during the...
- Texas Section 659.308 - Administration
The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1,